Donna Williams taucht in die Lebenserfahrungen von Menschen mit Autismus ein und bietet ein einzigartiges Fenster in ihre Weltwahrnehmung. Ihre Schriften erkunden eine Realität aus desorientierenden Farben, Mustern und Klängen, in der das Äußere oft mit inneren Empfindungen verschwimmt. Williams schildert den Kampf zwischen dem Bedürfnis nach Verbindung und der Furcht vor körperlichem Kontakt, sowie selbstberuhigende Verhaltensweisen als Mittel zur Bestätigung der eigenen Existenz. Ihre Prosa ist mutig, analytisch und frei von Selbstmitleid und enthüllt die Komplexität des Autismus und dessen tiefgreifende Auswirkungen auf das Leben eines Individuums.
In ihrer Kindheit gilt Donna Williams als zurückgeblieben, taub, verrückt, teuflisch. Von der Mutter abgelehnt und mißhandelt, flüchtet sie sich in die Isolation, in den Autismus. Jetzt als 72jährige, ist sie in der Lage, über diese Zeit des Schreckens zu schreiben, den langen beschwerlichen Weg aus "meiner Welt in die Welt" zu schildern.
Exploring the intricacies of the autistic experience, the book presents a poetic journey through time and emotion. It captures the intensity of sensory overload and shutdowns, revealing the struggles of alienation and the profound highs and lows of feeling. The writings offer an immediate and candid glimpse into the author's inner world, highlighting the challenges and passions that accompany extreme emotional experiences.
An Insider's Approach to the Treatment of Autistic Spectrum 'Fruit Salads'
This book, authored by a prominent figure in the autism field, serves as a valuable course text that emphasizes effective strategies and treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). It confronts common misconceptions surrounding ASDs and advocates for a transformative approach among professionals in the field, aiming to enhance understanding and support for individuals with these conditions.
This book takes us deeper into Williams' journey. She recounts the funny, sometimes harrowing awakenings arising from sessions with a cognitive psychologist. We travel with her in her breakthroughs in working with autistic children and adults like her, as she finally finds a way of 'simply being' among others, without selling out who she really is.
This is the fourth installment in Williams' series of autobiographies about her life with autism. A humorous, riveting, roller-coaster of a book, Everyday Heaven covers the monumental nine years from the time Ian left their accidental, 'autistic marriage', to finally knowing what life was like without the invisible cage of her 'Exposure Anxiety'.
A magnificent, moving ecological fable, perfect for fans of Annihilation and Oryx & Crake.
Exposure anxiety is increasingly understood as a crippling condition affecting a high proportion of people on the autism spectrum. Based on personal experience, this book describes the condition and its underlying physiological causes, and presents approaches and strategies that can be used to combat it.
This book, written by an autistic person for people with autism and related disorders, carers, and the professionals who work with them, is a practical handbook to understanding, living with and working with autism. It shows clearly how the behaviours associated with autism can have a range of different causes.
Williams explains how the senses of autistic people work, suggesting they are 'stuck' at an early development stage common to everyone. She calls this the system of sensing, claiming that most people move to the system of interpretation which enables them to make sense of the world, but they lose various abilities which people with autism retain.